Topics

Several streets in downtown Hampton will be closed ahead of the Holly Day Parade at 7 p.m. Friday, Hampton Police announced on their Twitter page. The closures are as follows: Beginning at 11 a.m., two lanes of Settlers Landing Road eastbound (two blocks only from VASC side of Bridge Street to Wine Street) will be closed. Westbound traffic will be open until 4 p.m. At 4 p.m., all of Settlers Landing Road from Eaton Street to Armistead Avenue will be closed, except to emergency vehicles and until Amory Seafood’s last delivery). Traffic will be detoured from Bridge to Eaton Street to Lincoln Street or Pembroke Avenue. At 4:30pm, Lincoln Street from Eaton to Armistead and Eaton...

Related "American Legion" Articles

Several streets in downtown Hampton will be closed ahead of the Holly Day Parade at 7 p.m. Friday, Hampton Police announced on their Twitter page.
The closures are as follows:
Beginning at 11 a.m., two lanes of Settlers Landing Road eastbound (two...

YORK — Henry Connell's first love was baseball. The early objects of his affection were the New York Yankees and Mickey Mantle, evident to all by the license plate on his Nissan Pathfinder: "NYMICK7."
But his true loves — outside of Trish,...

Looking to get some holiday shopping done in the next couple of weeks? Consider one of the following craft shows in the region.
From crafters with handcrafted hair bows to painters with works valued in the thousands, Peninsula arts and crafts shows offer...

Kent Klyman, a junior left-hander who helped Jamestown High reach the 4A South Region baseball tournament this past season, has committed to play for North Carolina State University. He is the second Jamestown pitcher to declare to an ACC school in the...

Call it the “Year of the Streak.” In sport after Bay Rivers District sport, perennial powerhouses have added to streaks they’ve been building for years.Lafayette’s football team has won 22 consecutive district games, five shy of Tabb’s record. Jamestown...

With Election Day on Tuesday, the Gloucester Board of Supervisors will hold its monthly meeting on a Wednesday this month.
The board is set to meet tonight at 7 p.m. Colonial Courthouse.
The agenda includes a presentation on the county's reassessment an...

GLOUCESTER – Plans for a 218-unit apartment complex, commercial site and new American Legion building on Route 17 in Gloucester were postponed Wednesday night.
The Gloucester Board of Supervisors tabled action on the rezoning of 38 acres across from...

There are several events set on the Middle Peninsula in observance of Veterans Day on Nov.11, including:
• The Marine Corps League Middle Peninsula Detachment #1317 is holding a Memorial Ceremony in honor of Lt. General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller,...

Newport News
World War I exhibit. Nov. 9, 1 p.m., the Virginia War Museum, 9285 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, opens a new exhibit, "Artillery on the Western Front: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive 1918," which marks the 100th anniversary of World War...

The proposal for a 218-unit apartment complex, commercial site and new American Legion building on Route 17 in Gloucester County will move forward.
Thursday night, the Gloucester Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning of 38 acres across from the...

A memorable three-year run by Williamsburg Post 39 ended in agonizing fashion Thursday in the American Legion Baseball state tournament in Purcellville. An out away from its first state tournament win, Post 39 fell 9-8 to Leesburg Post 34 on Mikey...

Michael Brumfield refused to take full credit for helping lead his 2013 Warhill High School team to a share of the Bay Rivers District for the first time in school history. It had been four years with his friends, a legacy that ended in a historic state...

American Legion:Gloucester Post 75 has reached a winner-take-all title game in the state Junior American Legion tournament in Colonial Heights.
Post 75, 5-1 in the tournament, won 12-3 over Chesapeake Post 280 Saturday morning, then earned a...

American Legion:
Martinsville Post 42 held on to beat Gloucester Post 75 4-2 in the Junior state tournament championship game at Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights.Gloucester, which finished 5-2 in the tournament, had the bases loaded with nobody out...

American Legion:
Nick Brandt struck out six and pitched a complete game Wednesday as Gloucester Post 75 beat Colonial Heights Post 284 7-4 in the first round of the Junior state tournament in Richmond. Wesley Kellums hit a two-run double in a six-run...

Baseball:International League:
Alexi Casilla had three hits and winner Chris Jones (7-8) pitched five innings as the Norfolk Tides (57-69) gained a split of a four-game series in Buffalo (66-59) with a 4-2 win over the Bisons. Casilla, activated from...

Baseball:American Legion:
Gloucester Post 75 won two elimination games Friday to stay alive in the Junior state tournament at Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights.First, Brady Hudgins had three RBI Friday in a 7-1 win over Winchester Post 21.
Then,...

Well past 10 p.m., long after they had blown out another Third District opponent to earn yet another American Legion Baseball state tournament berth, Williamsburg Post 39's players hung out on the Warhill High baseball field.
They had completed field...

The theme Williamsburg Post 39 manager Thomas Richardson has returned to time and again during a brilliant run through the American Legion Baseball Third District the past three seasons is his players’ “character.” Backed against the wall by a...